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In this episode, Dave and Jamison answer these questions:
\\n\\nI\\u2019ve joined a team at a small startup and our team lead has mentioned in passing a few times about a developer they used to have but had to let go. Not in a malicious way but just as a matter of fact when it\\u2019s come up organically. Now it\\u2019s eating at me because I\\u2019m not sure if I\\u2019ll ever go down that path and I want to know what they did so I can avoid the same fate. I\\u2019ve always been a top performer at other companies but now I\\u2019m wondering if this would be the one place where standards are higher than what I\\u2019m used to. I really like it here and don\\u2019t want to lose my spot. Realistically my fear isn\\u2019t that I\\u2019d get fired in my first six months but more that I would fail to respond to constructive feedback over the course of a year and end up getting let go in the same manner. Do you have any advice?
\\nHello! Long time lurker, first time question server.
\\n\\nI am an intermediate software engineer and I work on a team that has a really tenured senior engineer. His attention is often required for a lot of things and the team can sometimes get blocked by him being pulled into many different directions.
\\n\\nAs someone that is trying to grow into a senior engineer myself, what are some ways to take some of the load off of him and improve the bus factor?
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